Politics

Leader of the New Times Party Aram Karapetyan has officially handed the Armenian and English versions of his report to Silvia Zehe, special representative of the CoE Secretary General to Armenia. The report refers to the deadly clashes of March 1-2, 2008, in Yerevan City and the parliamentary interim committee’s report Mr. Karapetyan categorically disapproved …

Armenia’s justice minister Gevorg Danielyan believes the establishment of diplomatic relations and an open border with Turkey will inevitably necessitate certain amendments in some of Armenia’s laws to ensure “a normal enforcement” of the agreements between the two countries that have “essentially differing domestic legislations.” In an exclusive interview with RFE/RL, Danielyan said such amendments …

Last week when the activists of the Environmental movement of Armenia organized protest actions against the ratification of the Armenian and Turkish protocols the Police tried to hinder their action and used violence against them, including NA MP Zaruhi Postanjyan. They have torn the posters. By the way, the protestors also raised their complaint about …

One year ago Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan expressed concerns about the money embezzlement in the sector of construction. He was so serious that it seemed that would exile anyone from the Armenian world who would dare to embezzle the construction money. However it turns out that the government is pretty humanistic and they have submitted …

There is an interesting law in the parliaments’ agenda for discussion. The title of this law is very interesting as well: “Law on providing financial support to construction companies selected by the RA government.” This law is very specific and purposeful. It consists of one and half pages and four provisions. The main purpose of …

Ten years have passed since the terror in the Armenian parliament on October 27, 1999. In ten years after the terror the society knows the same things as on that day. Now people have the same information and suspects as they had the day of the terror. The “October 27” is not discovered in ten …

The parliament refused to include the issue of founding another ad-hoc to look into the events of March 1 as proposed and suggested by the ARF and Heritage parties. The ARF recommends to establish a monitoring ad-hoc to observe the implementation of the recommendations in Nikoyan’s report. In contrast, the ARF proposed a recommendation to …

"What’s happening, from my perspective, is that people in the South Caucasus region are beginning to understand that their self-interest lies in greater cooperation now. Not out of love and affection, but out of necessity and opportunity," in a wide-ranging interview with RFE/RL in Prague on Saturday, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden pointed to the …

Yesterday in the NA lobby the chair of the Prosperous Armenia party answered the questions of the journalists. We are presenting to you the Q&A with some cuts. – Why did you not leave for Bursa to watch the Armenia-Turkey football match? – I had told I would not go because if I go somewhere …

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation has come up with another anti-revolution initiative. ARF board member Armen Rustamyan has published a document entitled “Directions of Activities”. In fact this document does not bring any new information and proves again how “constructive” this political power is, especially concerning the relations with the authorities. The goal of the ARF’s …